Dolly Parton does it again! The state is partnering with dollyslibrary to mail new books each month to Illinois children in low-income families.
The state is partnering with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to mail new books to Illinois children in low-income families. The Dollywood Foundation pays for the books, while state and education partners provide the shipping costs. In Chicago, the official partner is nonprofit. The program is still in the process of rolling out statewide, but some communities are already eligible.
“The more that kids are exposed to books by age 5, the more likely they are to succeed in school, to graduate high school and to complete college,” said Open Books’ Eric Johnson. “The program was designed and inspired by Dolly from her own personal experience — her father was illiterate.
Johnson said with burgeoning populations of children whose families speak primarily Spanish at home, the Dollywood Foundation is reviewing its book selections to include a wider diversity of languages and subjects. “There’s a committee of librarians and early childhood educators that curates the book selection,” Johnson said. “They’re recognizing more and more the dense populations that are Spanish-speaking and responding accordingly. In the four years that we’ve been doing this, the diversity of books has gotten richer and deeper.”
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